The United Kingdom general election in 1950 was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government.
Labour got in with an unworkably slim majority (of 5), and were forced to call another general election in 1951.
| Party |
Votes |
Seats |
Loss/Gain |
Share of Vote (%) |
| Labour
| 13,266,176 |
315 |
- 78 |
46.1 |
| Conservative
| 11,507,061 |
282 |
+ 85 |
40.0 |
| Liberal
| 2,621,487 |
9 |
- 3 |
9.1 |
| National Liberal
| 985,343 |
16 |
+ 5 |
3.4 |
| Communist |
91,765 |
0 |
- 2 |
0.3 |
| Irish Nationalist |
65,211 |
2 |
- 2 |
0.2 |
| Irish Labour |
52,715 |
0 |
|
0.2 |
| Independent |
50,299 |
0 |
|
0.2 |
| Independent Labour |
26,395 |
0 |
|
0.1 |
| Independent Conservative |
24,732 |
0 |
|
0.1 |
| Sinn Féin |
23,362 |
0 |
|
0.1 |
| Plaid Cymru |
17,580 |
0 |
|
0.0 |
| Independent Liberal |
15,066 |
1 |
- 1 |
0.1 |
| SNP |
9,708 |
0 |
|
0.0 |
| Anti-Partition |
5,084 |
0 |
|
0.0 |
| ILP |
4,112 |
0 |
- 3 |
0.0 |
Total votes cast: 28,771,124. All parties with more than 2,000 votes shown. Conservative total includes Ulster Unionists.
